Milk-can container and server.



` 1.1. DAVIS.

MILK CAN CONTAINER AND SERVER.

APPLlcAnoN FILED 1AN.11,1915.

.1,165,229. v Patented Dec. 2l, MM5.

WVITNESSES: INVENTOR as condensed milk, and the like;1 and to' ,ist

u THOMAS J'. DAVjI-S, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

' MILK-CAN CONTAINER AND SERVER.

To all whom it may concern.'-

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. Davis, a

citizen yof the United States, residing in the cityand county of San lFrancisco andStat'e of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Milk-Can Containers and Servers, of' which the following is a speciication.l

Thisinvention relates to a milk can container and server. 4

It is one of the objects ofthe present invention to provide an improved sanitary container 'for cans containing'l liquids, such provide insaid container novel means whereby discharge and vent openings can be readily punched in the can to facilitate the discharge of the milk.

'Further objects will hereinafter appear.

- Theinvention consists of the 'parts and as hereinafter more fully described and claimed, having reference to the` accompanying drawings in which l Figure 1 is', a .central vertical section through' the container. 4Fig. 2 is a 'partial plan section on line 2'-2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is apartial vertical section on Iline 3- 3, Fig. -1 y Fig. 4 is asimilar section on lined-J1,

Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a modication of the'struclture shown in 1.

A indicates a standard size and form of condensed milk can and 2 the container into which it is inserted. .This containeris designed to form any suitable exterior contour or shape desired, and is provided with a-socket 3 in the bottom to hold the can in a central position thereon, and is, furthermore, provided with a removable cover 4.

T he cover may be` secured in any suitable manner, but preferably as' here shown by forming two or 'more projecting bosses 5 on the rim of the cover which are adapted to be brought into interlocking. register with an annular bead 6 formed'in the downlturned rim 7 of the container. l

specification of Lettersratent.. .n

Application l'ed January 11, 1915. Serial No. 1,555. i

The spout is pivotally mounted on the container, as at 12, and will in this manner form a lever by which perforating point 9 may be forced into the can. A shoulder A13` is formed on the spout, just behind the per` forating point, and this forms a seat for al gasket 14 which in turn serves as a packing between the can and spout to prevent leakage at this point. One side of 4the socket member is cut out, as indicated at 15, to permit the perforating member to be swung into and-out of engagement with the can, and a spring catch 16 is provided to lock the spout in upright position after the can is perforated.

The upper perforating member, forming the' vent opening for the can, consists ofl a screw provided with a head on one end and alperforating point 8 on the other end. The screw is provided with a'central vent opening 17 and is also shouldered, as at l18, to form a seat for a gasket 19, serving-as a packinglbetween the screw and the can top.

Withthe cover removed, the can is inserted and perforated in the following manner: Catch 16 is rst released and the spout swung down in the direction of arrow a sufficiently far to bring the perforating gasket 19 firmly engages the top of the can; `in this manner perforating the top of the can to form communication between the interior thereof and venting passage 17. The spout is next grasped and swung in an upward direction. This causes point 9 to perforate and enter the lower end 0f the can and at .the same time brings gasket 14 into firm engagement-with the can, thus forming a'packing to prevent leakage between into locking engagement with a shoulder 16 formed on the spout to retain the` parts in locked position. The device as a whole is nowready for use and may be lifted or tilted by suitable means, as the handle 20. Shoulders 19 and 13 are preferably provided with a plurality of small projecting points the spout and can. Catch 16 is next swung 21 which enter the body of the gasket a suficient distance to always retain same in position or from accidentally falling olf.

In Fig. 5 a modification is shown. The v main body ofthe container is in this instance eliminated', a cover-like section 22 being employed in place thereof, This cover is placed on top of the can and is secured' eitherby lever or screw action.

' The different parts of the device are such 'as the experience andjudgment of the man.

' 'ufacturer may dictate and/are so arranged construction may be resorted to Within'the' i scope of the appended claims and that I doY 'not wish to limit myselfl to the specific dethat they may be easily cleaned from time '1 to time, thereby producing a perfectly sanitary device from which milk or the like may be dispensed.

I wish it understood that lvarious changes inform, proportions and minor details of sign and construction here shown. Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. In a l.device of the type set forth,a member adapted to engage the bottom of a can and having a circumferential Wall adapted to engage the can sides, said Wall `having a horizontal opening therein, a perforating member pivoted to said Wall and being adapted to enter said opening and having a spout which extends up from the bottom of said member and along the side I of the Wall thereof, said perforating member having a projection located above its pivotal point, and a catch connected to said Wallv4 and engageable with said projection.

2. In aY device of the typev set forth, a container formed to receive a can and having a horizontal opening formed in a vertical Copies of this patent may be obtained lfor ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner o f Patents,-

Wall thereof adj acent'theicontainer bottom, a perforating member pivoted-at its bottom to said Wall and adapted to be received in said opening and having a spout Which latter extends up from the container bottom and alon the side ofthe container, a vertical4 shou der on said member, a gasket abutting the shoulder-and adapted to engage said vertical containerv Wall in surrounding relation to said opening thereof, ashoulder onsaid member extending upwardly therefrom,

and a catch on the vertical container Wall adapted to engage the last named shoulder and located between the spout and said Wall. 3. In a device of thetype set forth, a

member adapted to engage an end of a can and having a vertical'wall to engage the can sides, said Wall having an opening, a perforating member receivable in lsaid opening andhaving a spout disposed along the side of the Wall -and-having avertical portion adapted to abut said Wall in surrounding relation to the opening, means to pivotally connect the member to said Wall, and meansv on the side Wall to latch'thel member tohold' said vertical portion in ment With the Wall.

'4. Incombination With'a container hav-l Witnesses. 4,

iTHOlWAiS J..D-AVIS. Witnesses:

JOHN H. HERRING,

HEALEY.

Washington, D. C.

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